The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1J.A. James, 1841 |
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... possessed of an ample and independent fortune ; and his mind being perfectly at ease , he judged it the favourable era for commencing the great work , which had long employed his thoughts , and for which an extensive course of pre ...
... possessed of an ample and independent fortune ; and his mind being perfectly at ease , he judged it the favourable era for commencing the great work , which had long employed his thoughts , and for which an extensive course of pre ...
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... Possessed of every comfort in this triple alliance , I could not be tempted to change my habitation with the changes of the seasons . " My friends had been kindly apprehensive that I should not be able to exist in a Swiss town at the ...
... Possessed of every comfort in this triple alliance , I could not be tempted to change my habitation with the changes of the seasons . " My friends had been kindly apprehensive that I should not be able to exist in a Swiss town at the ...
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... Possessed of every comfort in this triple alliance , I could not be tempted to change my habitation with the changes of the seasons . “ My friends had been kindly apprehensive that I should not be able to exist in a Swiss town at the ...
... Possessed of every comfort in this triple alliance , I could not be tempted to change my habitation with the changes of the seasons . “ My friends had been kindly apprehensive that I should not be able to exist in a Swiss town at the ...
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... possessed valour without conduct , and the love of freedom without the spirit of union . They took up arms with savage fierceness ; they laid them down , or turned them against each other with wild incon- stancy ; and while they fought ...
... possessed valour without conduct , and the love of freedom without the spirit of union . They took up arms with savage fierceness ; they laid them down , or turned them against each other with wild incon- stancy ; and while they fought ...
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... possessed the talents of a general . ( 1 ) The peaceful system of his pre- decessors was interrupted by scenes of war and conquest ; and the legions , after a long interval , beheld a military emperor at their head . The first exploits ...
... possessed the talents of a general . ( 1 ) The peaceful system of his pre- decessors was interrupted by scenes of war and conquest ; and the legions , after a long interval , beheld a military emperor at their head . The first exploits ...
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